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| Shannon Watkins |
Nike’s Jordan Brand hires Aflac chief brand and marketing officer Shannon Watkins as global CMO. At Aflac, Watkins helped develop the company’s partnership with ESPN’s “College GameDay,” with a focus on historically Black colleges and universities. Before joining Aflac in 2018, she held several senior marketing positions at the Coca-Cola Company, PepsiAmericas and ConAgra. “We need innovative leadership, someone who can lead us into the future by pushing creativity, championing diversity, and bringing our purpose to life,” Jordan Brand president Craig Williams told Sportico. “Shannon’s experience across multiple industries and business sectors will do just that.”
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| Brittany Richter |
NP Digital brings on Brittany Richter as COO. Richter most recently served as chief of business strategy and transformation at Dentsu Media. She was previously chief solutions officer at iProspect, which is part of Dentsu. In her new position, Richter will lead operations for NP Digital across all facets of product and service offerings, as well as employee management. “Brittany is passionate and skilled redefining operations talent and deriving value beyond cost,” said NP Digital chief executive officer Mike Gullaksen.
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| Jorge Narvaez-Aranjo |
George P. Johnson promotes Jorge Narvaez-Arango to SVP head of creative, EMEA. He was previously VP, executive creative director in GPJ's New York and San Francisco offices, leading the IBM and Salesforce creative teams. As SVP, Narvaez-Arango will be tasked with setting the agency’s creative vision and delivery. “Jorge has long been a creative visionary on some of the world’s most high-profile brand events and we look forward to his leadership of what is already an impressive and seasoned design team," said GPJ chief executive officer Chris Meyer.
Ramiro Prudencio, who did a more than 25 year stint at Burson and its predecessor firms, has joined Brunswick Group as a partner in London.
Amy Edgy has joined Teneo as senior managing director and head of restructuring communications in its PR unit.
GCI Health brings on Eric Helgesen, who led digital transition and enterprise platform development at Weber Shandwick, as EVP, head of AI and innovation... Stanton Communications appoints Je’Coven Norwood as account director and Rida Dhanani as an account executive... Netflix hires the Walt Disney Company’s Naomi Bulochnikov-Paul as VP of television series communications... Abry Partners, a Boston-based private equity firm, names Yusef Kassim as head of capital strategy and investor relations.
Former Racepoint Global president Bob Osmond has moved to Clarity Global, where he will be managing partner, North America.
Jennifer Bett Communications names Kara Kamenec VP of affiliate and influencer marketing... Mark Allen & Co. brings on Isaac Benjamin as VP and Stacey Richman as account director, both based in the firm’s New York office... Mark43, a cloud-native public safety operations platform, appoints Alison Durant as CMO.
